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Chicago Department of Transportation Commissioner Gabe Klein explains how the corrals will help businesses. (Published Friday, July 5, 2013)

Updated at 3:59 PM CDT on Friday, Jul 5, 2013

Chicago leaders continue their efforts to make the city more bike-friendly by installing bike corrals in Andersonville.

Bike corrals are racks installed on the curbside lane of the street instead of on the sidewalk.

More Biking Opportunities Headed for Chicago

Recently, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced plans to roll out a new bike sharing program this June, offering 4,000 three-speed cruisers at kiosks at Union Station, Ogilvie Transportation Center and various downtown CTA stations.The bikes debuted at Bike the Drive Sunday, with many receiving their inaugural rides along LSD. (Published Sunday, May 26, 2013)

Six of the corrals were installed along the main business district on Clark Street.

City officials plan to erect more than 25 bicycle corrals in various neighborhood business corridors this summer, which means Chicago will have more corrals than San Francisco, which started installing them years ago.

Commuters React to Bike Sharing Program

"The bike corrals are packed. As soon as you put them down, they are full of bikes and being turned over constantly," Chicago Department of Transportation Commissioner Gabe Klein said at a Friday news conference. "One parking space for a car can hold 12 bikes. That's 12 customers for the local people who are shopping in these businesses."

CDOT says the corrals cost about $3,300 each. Businesses and local chambers of commerce help fund their installation, the department said in a release.

By the end of the month, CDOT plans to have installed bike corrals in the following locations: